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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:24 pm
lokesh r wrote:Can someone explain this question for me plsss...

OA..E

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Are you sure it's E?

"Not only . . . but also" is a correlative construction that requires the two things joined to be parallel. I ate not only two pieces of pie, but also three pieces of cake. Choice B lacks a subject for the second clause, which makes them no longer parallel. Choice D breaks the sentence out of "not only . . . but also", opting instead for two parallel clauses joined by "but."
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by lokesh r » Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:19 am
Jim@Grockit wrote:
lokesh r wrote:Can someone explain this question for me plsss...

OA..E

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Are you sure it's E?

"Not only . . . but also" is a correlative construction that requires the two things joined to be parallel. I ate not only two pieces of pie, but also three pieces of cake. Choice B lacks a subject for the second clause, which makes them no longer parallel. Choice D breaks the sentence out of "not only . . . but also", opting instead for two parallel clauses joined by "but."
Sorry OA is D

Can u please explain why option A and B violate parallelism?
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